SportsDay Live: Monday, January 7, 2013

Shane Warne and Cameron White have been fined, and Warne banned for one game, after fiery Big Bash clash in Melbourne on Sunday night. Read more.Photo: Getty Images

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5:11pm on 7 Jan 2013

And that's it for the SportsDay live blog for today. Thanks for reading and we'll be back again from 8.30am on Tuesday with Steve Samuelson. Until then stay tuned to smh.com.au for all the overnight sports news including the Big Bash League and Sydney International. And keep your browser tuned in because there'll be some big cricket news breaking soon.

5:06pm on 7 Jan 2013

Tennis. The Herald's everywhere-man and chief chicken correspondent Michael Chammas has just flicked us this photo of Bernard Tomic in practice at the Sydney International. Tomic faces countryman Marko Matosevic at Olympic Park tomorrow.

4:59pm on 7 Jan 2013

Basketball. Sydney Kings guard Ben Madgen will face the NBL tribunal this week on the charge of ‘unsportsmanlike behaviour’ relating to an incident late in Sydney’s 74-71 Round 13 loss to the Melbourne Tigers on Sunday afternoon. After viewing vision of the incident Basketball Australia’s general manager of professional leagues and operations, Chuck Harmison, referred the matter to the NBL tribunal under rule 118.1.3.1 – which allows the general manager to report on-court incidents not reported by game referees. Madgen has elected to have his hearing via telephone interview. Madgen fell heavily off the court after going up for a lay-up then flung a courtside chair in disgust and it made contact, albeit minor, with a referee. He was not penalised by the refs, who allowed play to continue after a brief chat.

4:48pm on 7 Jan 2013

Tennis. Samantha Stosur won't be on court at the Sydney International at 5pm as expected. Her countryman Matthew Ebden is one set up against Spain's Marcel Granollers, having taken the early lead over the eighth seed 7-5. Stosur's match against Jie Zheng is now not expected to begin until 6pm at the earliest.

4:40pm on 7 Jan 2013

The Top 10. We're counting down the goals that shook the world. Let us know what you think in the comments section or tweet us @smhsport.

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona v Real Betis, 2012): Messi’s winner against Betis was his second of the game and kept Barca six points clear of Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga. Oh, and it happened to be his 86th of the calendar year - beating the 40-year-old record set by Germany’s Gerd Mueller. Barca’s little magician finished 2012 with 91 goals, rendering moot a late objection by Flamengo on behalf of Brazilian great Zico, who they said had scored 89 in 1979. Representatives of Godfrey Chitalu may take more convincing, but the fact of Messi’s most astonishing feat of individual goalscoring ever is not up for debate. Messi has been named the world’s best player for the past three years and is at unbackable odds to claim the award for an unprecedented fourth successive time when the votes are counted in Zurich tonight - and he’s still just 25. Comparisons with that other Argentinean virtuoso, Diego Maradona, are not merely valid - at the rate Messi is going, in a couple of seasons they will be redundant. This fella has probably done more for little blokes named Lionel than anyone in history.

League. More on Waterhouse NRL deal. Fairfax Media understands Waterhouse may have paid Channel Nine as much as $15 million for one season of exclusivity for both Footy Shows, NRL and AFL, as well as rugby league matches NOT $15 million over five years as reported earlier.

4:31pm on 7 Jan 2013

Rugby. The Brumbies will field their top line-up in both pre-season games as they target top spot in Super Rugby’s Australian conference after the first four weeks.

Coach Jake White made no secret of his ambitions for the team on Monday, intending to emulate last season’s fast start while ensuring there’s no repeat of their late fade out when a semi-finals berth beckoned. His troops open their campaign against the Western Force on February 1 in Darwin and face an ACT XV in Canberra the following week.

The Brumbies open their Super Rugby campaign against the Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels before a third round bye and a clash with the Waratahs.

‘‘It’s already made up in my head. I know what we’re looking for and I’ve already explained that to the players,’’ White said of his selections.

‘‘In the first month we’ve got the opportunity to head the conference again and that means that we’ve got to put the best side together on the field. There’s no time to swap jumpers ... we might as well get started and get the team that we think is going to start (the competition) playing as much as possible between now and the first round.’’

4:24pm on 7 Jan 2013

AFL. Prisoners of society? No, just some AFL players getting a lesson in keeping the beat from former Living End drummer Travis Demsey.

Basketball. Kobe Bryant bagged 29 points and Dwight Howard 26 rebounds but it wasn't enough for the Lakers, who have gone down 112-105 to the Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles. Ty Lawson had 21 points and 10 assists for the visitors while Danilo Gallinari chipped in with 20 points.

4:13pm on 7 Jan 2013

Basketball. Kobe Bryant bagged 29 points and Dwight Howard 26 rebounds but it wasn't enough for the Lakers, who have gone down 112-105 to the Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles. Ty Lawson had 21 points and 10 assists for the visitors while Danilo Gallinari chipped in with 20 points.

League: Yet more on Tom Waterhouse’s deal with the NRL. Fairfax Media understands the bookmaker is in negotiations for a similar deal with the AFL.

4:03pm on 7 Jan 2013

Tennis. Not good news for Australian tennis fans ... Casey Dellacqua is out of the Sydney International after going down to Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-4 6-1. Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova beat German Julia Gorges 3-6 6-3 6-3.

4:01pm on 7 Jan 2013

Motor sport. Australian motorcyclist Matt Fish has finished third on the second stage of the Dakar Rally in Peru to sit sixth overall. His Husqvarna factory teammate, Joan Barreda Bort, of Spain, won the stage and leads by more than five minutes while Fish is down by nine minutes.

3:50pm on 7 Jan 2013

League. More on Tom Waterhouse's deal with the NRL. It is believed the bookie has also paid $15 million across five years to Channel Nine for exclusivity over both the NRL and AFL Footy Shows, as well as rugby league match broadcasts. Fairfax Media understands that figure is double the amount Waterhouse's competitor Centrebet was previously paying for exclusivity over the broadcaster's NRL and AFL Footy Shows.

3:46pm on 7 Jan 2013

The Top 10. We're counting down the goals that shook the world. Let us know what you think in the comments section or tweet us @smhsport.

2. John Aloisi (Australia v Uruguay, 2005): Has ever so much rested on one swing of a footballer’s boot? After the agony against Iran in 1997, followed by the Montevideo nasty in 2001, Australia was not sure it could stomach a third dose of such vile medicine when the World Cup play-off against the Uruguayans came round in 2005. And as John Aloisi walked the long walk to line up the penalty he knew could finally end the hurt and take the Socceroos back to the World Cup finals for the first time in over 20 years, the demons of failure must have danced in front of him. When his spot-kick rippled the net, it sparked a wave of celebration and optimism that rolled all the way to Germany and back to Australia, where it carried the fledging A-League for a good three years - enough to entrench football as a major national code. There have beenhiccups since then, but in 2012, football in Australia has never been stronger. Had Aloisi missed, and the Socceroos again failed to qualify, well... that probably would not be the case.

Tennis. Another result from the Sydney International where fourth seed Li Na has defeated Christina McHale of the US in straight sets to advance to the second round. But it wasn't all plain sailing for Na, the American took her to a tiebreak in the first set before the 2011 French Open winner won the second 7-5.

3:30pm on 7 Jan 2013

Tennis. Another update from the Sydney International where Australia's Casey Dellacqua has dropped the first set 4-6 to Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm.

3:25pm on 7 Jan 2013

On this day in 1985 … Lewis Hamilton raced into the world. The English formula one driver was runner-up in his rookie season in 2007 but won the world championship in a dramatic final race at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He has not been able to replicate that success in recent years and in the off-season announced he would be ending his lengthy stint at McLaren to drive for Mercedes in 2013.

3:14pm on 7 Jan 2013

The Top 10. We're counting down the goals that shook the world. Let us know what you think in the comments section or tweet us @smhsport.

3. Carlos Alberto (Brazil v Italy, 1970): This was the goal that established the Selecao as a benchmark for brilliance that remains to this day. Brazil had been untouchable during the 1970 World Cup, with the likes of Pele, Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao and Rivelino combining a free-flowing style with a level of individual brilliance never before witnessed. The Dutch would later term it ‘total football’. With the score 3-1 and four minutes left, the final against Italy had already been won convincingly when Clodoaldo dribbled out of defence and casually past four Italian players, before rolling the ball to Rivelino. The left-winger played a pass down the line to the feet of Jairzino, who controlled the ball and turned inside with a single touch. Running parallel to the 18-yard line, Jairzinho laid the ball off to Pele, 30 yards out and square to the goal. The great No.10 took a couple of touches, then, with exaggerated nonchalance, rolled the ball into the wide open space to his right. Steaming down the right flank was the captain, Carlos Alberto, who arrived on the ball at top speed without breaking stride to leather it low across the keeper and into the bottom left corner. This joyful, emphatic, iconic goal put a final exclamation mark on an already deafening statement. The World Cup win was Brazil’s third in four tournaments, and they were allowed to keep the Jules Rimet trophy for good. Such a level of dominance has never been equalled.